Garlic-separator.



N0.'79o,171. l PATENTED MAY16,1905.

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GARLC SBlnaRAtroR.` APPLIUATION 'FILED JUNE 12, 1903.

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No. 790,171. PATENTBD MAY 1905. F. G. BBCHTEL;

GARLIC SEIURMOR.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12, 190s.

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PATENTED MAY 16, 1905.

F. C. BBGHTEL. GARLIC SBPARATOR.

APPLICATION ILED JUNE 12, 1903.

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CLE... LL-LL UNITED STATES Patented May 16, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE. l

FRANK C. BECHTEL, OF PHlLADELPHlA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARLlC-SEPARATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,171, dated May 16, 1905.

Appiication flied rune 12, 1903. serai No. 161,218.

v.'Z'o all whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK C. BECHTEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain vImprovements in Garlic-Separators, of which the following is a specification. v f

The object of my invention isto construct a machine for the effective separation of garlic from wheat or other grain. This object l attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section of a garlic-separating machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional plan view of part of the framework of the machine. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the elements of the machine, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section illustrating certain modifications of the invention.

A fixed framework 1 has bearings at the top for a longitudinal shaft 2, provided with a pulley 3 for receiving the driving-belt, this shaft also having another pulley 4 and a pair of eccentrics 5. rlhe pulley 4 receives a belt 6, which drives a pulley 7 on a transverse shaft 8, mounted in suitable bearings on the ixed frame of the machine, and said shaft 8 has another pulley-9, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) which by means of a belt 10 drives a pulley 11 on a shaft 12, the latter shaft being mounted in bearings at one end of the fixed frame of the machine. The shaft 12 has a pulley 13, which-receives a belt 14, the latter serving to drive a pulley 15, which is shown by dotted lines inFig. 1, and is mounted on one end of a shaft 16, the latter being adapted to vbearings at one end of the fixed frame of the machine near the bottom of the same. The shaft 12 is provided with a drum 17, which reivesA an end-less belt 18, provided with projecting sharp-pointed pins, and said belt also passes over a pair of drums 2O and 21, which are carried, respectively, by shafts 22 and 23, said shafts being adapted to bearings carried by a vertically-reciprocated frame 24, which is suspended from the eccentrics 5 by means of straps 25, the latter possessing such elasticity that the sidewise vibrahtion of their upper ends is permitted without Vinterfering'jwith the rigid vertical guidance of the frame 24. rIhe bearing for the shaft 23 is adjustable longitudinallyv in the frame 24, so that the belt 18 can always be kept under proper tension, and longitudinal displacement of the frame 24 is prevented by side rods 26, extending from one end of cach side bar of the frame 24 to the opposite portion of the fixed frame and each provided with suitable thumb-nuts applied to their threaded ends. The rods 26 are flexible, so as to permit of the vertical reciprocation of the frame 24, but can be subjected to such tension as to resist the pull of the belt 18- upon the drum 21, and thusprevent longitudinal displacement of the frame 24.

The shaft 16 has a drum 27, to which is adapted an endless belt 28, the latter also being adapted to a drum 29, which is carried by a shaft 30, the bearings for the latter shaft being longitudinally adjustable on the fixed frame, so as to maintain the belt 28 always under proper tension. rlhe upper run of said belt 28 is supported by a table 3l, and its lower run is maintained in proper lateral alinement with the drums 27 and 29 by means of a spool 32, mounted in bearings in the lower portion of the fixed frame. The tablel 31 has upwardlyprojecting sides 33, which in connection with the table form a trough for the reception of the upper run of the belt 28, and the pins 19 of the belt 18 project down into this trough and'reciprocate vertically therein. In order to prevent wear of the sides of the trough, the same are preferably armored by means of metal plates 34, as shown in Fig. 2.

At one end of the frame is a hopper 35, which is provided with an adjustable delivery valve or gate 36, and at the opposite end of the frame is a comb whose teeth 39 project between the pins 19 of the belt 18, said teeth projecting from a bar 38, which is mounted at each end upon a swinging arm 37, each end of the bar being adjustable from and toward the fulcrum of its arm 37 by means of a slot 40 in said arm. The grainv and the garlic mixed therewith are deposited in the hopper 35 and permittedv to flow therefrom onto the upper run of the belt 38, the latter and the IOO belt 18 being caused to vtravel in the direction of the respective arrows shown in Fig. 1. As the grains of wheat and seeds of garlic are carried forwardly by the belt 28 they are subjected to the action of the vertically-reciprocating and forwardly-traveling pointed pins of the belt 18, the result being that while the hard-surfaced grains of wheat will defiect the points of the pins the softer garlic-seeds will be impaled by said pins. Consequently at the forward end of the belt 28,the wheat-grains will be permitted to drop downwardly from said belt, while the seeds of garlic will be carried forwardly by the pins 19 and will be removed therefrom by the comb 39, the angle of which in respect tothe pins 19 can be varied as desired, either by swinging the arms 37 or by turning the rod 38 on its axis. rlhe trough in which the upper run of the belt 28 runs prevents any escape of particles of grain sidewise, while the vertical reciprocating movement of the belt 18 insures the impaling of all of the seeds of garlic upon the pins ofthe belt during the travel of the same from one end of the upper run of the belt 28 to the other, the reciprocations of said belt 18 being rapid, so that many opportunities are afforded for the pointed pins 19 to impale the seeds of garlic during the forward travel of the same;

While I prefer in all cases to use a traveling carrier for the mass of grain and garlic which is being subjected to the action of the pins of the belt 18, it will be evident that by slightly inclining the troughas shown, for instance, at 28 in Fig. -the feeding of the grains along the same by gravity may be effected, in which case the use of the traveling belt 28 will not be necessary.

While also my invention might be embodied in a machine in which thereciprocating movement was imparted to the grain-trough, as also shown in Fig. 5, instead of to the garliccollecting belt, such agitation of the grain is inadvisable. Hence the adoption of the construction which I have shown in Fig. 1 and previously described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a support for a layer of grain and garlic, a garlic-collector presenting to said layer a number of pointed pins, means for causing said pins to impale the seeds of garlic by a reciprocating movement imparted to one of lsaid elements, and means for moving said garlic-collector in a direction transverse to the direction of reciprocation, substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a support for the mass of grain and garlic, a garlic-collector presenting to said mass a number of pointed pins, means for causing said pins to impale the seeds of garlic by a reciprocating movement imparted te one of said elements, and means for moving both the garlic-collector and the mass of grain in a direction transverse to the direction of reciprocation, substantially as speciiied.

3. ',lhe combination in a gai-lic-separator, of a support for the mass of grain, an endless belt having sharp-pointed pins or teeth, and means for traversing said belt and for reciprocating the same above the mass of grain, substantially as specified.

L1. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a conveyer for the mass of grain, and a pin-belt traveling above said conveyer and reciprocated from and toward the same, substantiall y as specified.

` 5. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a receptacle for the grain, a pin-belt traveling above said receptacle, means vfor causing the pins to impalc the seeds of garlic by a reciprocating movement, and a comb for removing from the pins of the belt the seeds of garlic impaled thereupon, substantially as specified.

6. rl`l1e combination in a garlic-selliarato1', of the pin-belt.' with a comb having a bar pivotally mounted upon a carrier which is also pivoted so as to swing from and toward the belt, substantially as specified.

7. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a fixed frame, a pin-belt, a frame vertically reciprocated in said iixed frame and supports for said pin-belt carried by said reciprocated frame, substantially as specified.

8. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a fixed frame, a pin-belt, a driving-drum for said belt, mounted in bearings on the fixed frame, and a vertically-reciprocated frame carrying a supporting-drum for said pin-belt, substantially as specified.

9. The combination in a garlic-separator, of a fixed frame, a pin-belt, a driving-drum for said belt mounted in bearings on 'the fixed frame, and a vertically-reciprocated frame carrying a pair of su pporting-drums for said pin-belt, substantially as specified.

10. The combination in a garlic-scparator, of a fixed frame, a reciprocating frame, a pinbelt, driving mechanism therefor having one of its elements mounted on the fixed frame, and another on the reciprocating frame, and fiexible straining-rods for said reciprocating frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK C. liltlll'llCL.

lVitnesses:

F. E. Bncn'ronn, Jos. H. KLEIN.

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